Youtube Is A Trove Of Early Animated Shorts. Here’s Where To Start Exploring.
In a new article, “The New Yorker” spotlights the wealth of silent-era shorts available to view online.
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A Major Stop Motion Exhibit in Barcelona Explores Starewitch, Švankmajer and Brothers Quay
“Animated cinema is the demiurgic art par excellence: matter comes to life and is transformed in the hands and imaginations of the creators. They, more than anybody, know about the secret life of objects.” This description, comes from the exhibition “Metamorphosis: Fantasy Visions in Starewitch, Švankmajer and the Quay Brothers,” now playing at the Centre de Cultura Contemporanea (CCCB) in Barcelona, Spain, and it’s a good summary of the work of these four visionary animators.
Book Review: A Fresh Take on Anime History by Jonathan Clements
Jonathan Clements’ “Anime: A History” differs greatly from more populist overviews of anime available in the English-language market. This book is not about the anime texts themselves, but the surrounding industry: Clements delivers a tightly-packed account of anime production, distribution and viewership from the silent era to the present day.
How Old Were These Animation Directors When They Made Their First Film?
“Animation is a young man’s game,” Chuck Jones once said. There’s no question that animation is a labor-intensive art that requires mass …
